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Witnesses report seeing globs of asphalt binder that spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River during a bridge collapse and train derailment on islands and the riverbanks a week after the spill.

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[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I cannot believe how many train crashes there have been this year. What a giant mess, literally

[–] apemint@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Has there really been more, or are we just biased because the media decided to pick up every train related incident?

[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Historically, most train accidents involve another vehicle; be it car, plane, trucks, or another train. Train crossings are a big issue for trains because people do things they shouldn’t. In 2022, by this point in the year there had been 8 train accidents with only 2 of those being the train derailment or infrastructure issue that caused the accident. This year has been special, meaning we’ve had a lot of train accidents that are the train or infrastructure issues that caused the train to crash. We’re at 11 train accidents with only one involving another moving vehicle.

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